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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2008
Applicants:
Kenji Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Yuuichi Abe, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kenji Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Yuuichi Abe, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hard disk includes: a plurality of servo areas which are elongated radially from a center of the hard disk to an outward thereof over tracks thereof; and a plurality of data areas which are respectively provided between the plurality of servo areas; wherein alternative operation is conducted per servo sector containing one of the plurality of servo areas and a data area provided subsequent to the one of the plurality of servo areas and having a defect created therein when a user sector containing at least a portion of the data area and functioning as an access unit has the defect therein.